So, I was supposed to go up to Montreal and Ottawa the past couple of days, but a series of miserable luck in terms of planes made it unworkable (it's complicated).
Instead, I tried to record a presentation and get it onto the web so we could play it for them, and then take questions by skype. That also didn't work.
However, we were successful in the end getting the video online. So if you're interested in what I say when I talk to the libraries, but haven't been to one of the conferences where I've spoken, take a look.
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As a sort of palate-cleanser after the quantum chicanery discussed in the previous post, let me recommend Donald Simanek's Museum of Unworkable Devices,
Do you think you ought to 'own' your digital content the same way you own material content? Take ebooks from Amazon stored in the Kindle.
I believe that someone once said, "Thank God It's Friday." Links for you. Science:
Serbs vote for closer ties with Europe in huge turnaround:
John - you're travel problem have led to a more permanent record of your presentation than you originally intended and may now be seen by far more people! Thanks for taking the time to do it.
That was a very interesting presentation. These changes aren't going to be easy. The institutions aren't set up to adapt as quickly as the world is changing around them.